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moan

Pronunciation: /məʊn/

The English word “moan” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
  2. A lament or sorrow.

verb

  1. To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
  2. To grieve.
  3. To make a moan or similar sound.
  4. To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
  5. To complain; to grumble.
  6. To distress (someone); to sadden.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a moa.

Etymology

From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.

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